Maxine Waters

The latest on Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's mid-year economic outlook and testimony to Congress (all times local): ___ 12:35 p.m. While Republicans urged Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen to consider adopting a rule to govern when the Fed raises interest rates, some Democrats urged her not to raise rates at all, at least not this year. Rep. Brad Sherman, D-California, said that the Fed should take a page from Mother Nature and wait until next year. "Spring is when things naturally rise," he told Yellen. He told Yellen not to underestimate the ability of politicians on both sides of the Atlantic "to screw things up." For European politicians, that...

As the furor grew over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's agreement to address a joint session of Congress, more Democratic lawmakers said Tuesday they would skip the event.
House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) had invited Netanyahu without...

While the other news shows packed their post-State of the Union analysis with presidential biographers and political reporters of all stripes, new "Nightly Show" host Larry Wilmore relied on only himself to break down President Obama's Tuesday...

Boosted by their November election gains, congressional Republicans have launched a new effort to weaken, bit by bit, a law that dramatically expanded federal oversight of the financial system after the Great Recession.
On Wednesday, the...

WASHINGTON -- Tracy Martin, the father of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, urged Congress on Wednesday to improve the educational and employment opportunities of African American boys and men, who are disproportionately imprisoned and unemployed.
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